Cathy Devine

@womensportfeminism.bsky.social

Freelance Academic: Sport Policy. Feminist Philosophy. Ex. Senior Lecturer, Uni. of Cumbria. Ex. Sec. British Phil. of Sport Assn. Labour Party. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cathy-Devine-2/research DMs not in use as won't upload personal ID.

Both Ed Davey and Zack Polanski have declared their war on women by stating "transwomen are women" and indicating that they're perfectly happy to see all women/girls' legal rights abolished and totally ignored. This means they're happy for male rapists to rape women in women's prisons with impunity.

A few people on this platform could do themselves (and the rest of us) a favour by reading one, two or all of these books before grabbing the "genocide" trope. h/t: @blablahfishcakes over at the other place. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

GENDER CRITICAL BOOKLIST

GENDER CRITICAL BOOKLIST NON-FICTION (NB *books within each section are in rough chronological order) Foundational Texts The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male by Janice G. Raymond (...

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📢Take Action on TUC Motion 17 – Write to your General Secretary📢 After delegates at the #TUC2026 voted to support Motion 17, #FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network has produced a model letter for union members to send to General Secretaries, asking 5 key questions. ⬇️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...

Take Action on TUC Motion 17! — FiLiA

Delegates at the Trades Union Congres s this week voted to support a motion committing the organisation (and by implication its affiliate unions) to campaign against the EHRC code , which provid...

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Translation. Advocating for males in female sport categories designed to exclude male performance advantage = moral courage 🤣 Give over. Female athletes fought for female categories. No males, however they identify, should be eligible.

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 2w ago

I keep saying this, but as more and more Democrats throw transgender athletes under the bus, I gotta keep repeating it. Show some moral courage or get out of the way.

Quick feminist analysis. Q: Does the motion acknowledge women's legal & human rights to equality? A: No. Q. Does the motion benefit males or females? A: Primarily males at the expense of females. Conclusion: motion reinforces power relations between the sexes. This is patriarchy.

Quick feminist analysis. Q: Does the motion acknowledge women's legal & human rights to equality? A: No. Q. Does the motion benefit males or females? A: Primarily males at the expense of females. Conclusion: motion reinforces power relations between the sexes. This is patriarchy.

callthistea.bsky.social@callthistea.bsky.social · 2w ago

TUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights “TUC Motion 17 commits 5.3m trade unionists to campaign for gender self-declaration. It never once uses the word “woman”. This is how a movement legislates over women’s rights while pretending not to see them.” 👍 heartlandstribune.com/tuc-motion-1...

TUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights “TUC Motion 17 commits 5.3m trade unionists to campaign for gender self-declaration. It never once uses the word “woman”. This is how a movement legislates over women’s rights while pretending not to see them.” 👍 heartlandstribune.com/tuc-motion-1...

TUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights - The Heartlands Tribune

TUC Motion 17 would change the law on who counts as a woman. It never names women. From single-sex spaces to Darlington nurses: what the TUC voted for.

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Pew Research Center poll on “transgender athletes competing on sports teams that don’t match their birth sex”: • 27% of American adults are somewhat/very/extremely comfortable with it • 73% are not comfortable with it Democrats are also NOT comfortable with it: 55-44% margin.

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Transgender athlete participation in women's and girls' sports has been in the conversation this summer. Last year, 73% of Americans said they are uncomfortable with transgender athletes on a sports team different from their birth sex.

Charts comparing how many Americans say they are very/somewhat/not too comfortable with trans athletes competing on sports teams that do not match their sex at birth

text reads: in 2025 surveys, most Americans expressed discomfort with trans athletes competing on sports teams that do not match their sex at birth